Chapter 203 - 199: Just Headstrong, Not Stupid

Chapter 203: Chapter 199: Just Headstrong, Not Stupid

Not far from the Land God Temple, Hu Zhiming and Zhou Jun were huddled together, squatting on the steps.

Hu Zhiming looked at the Land God Temple. "You think that guy will show up again today?"

Zhou Jun sipped his fruit tea and glanced around. "Probably. He’s shown up for the past three days. He’s clearly a stubborn mule.

Actually, I’m more curious about what his moral failings are."

"Probably just some minor flaws in his daily life. I heard he’s got a real foul mouth."

A crowd of onlookers had also gathered at the entrance of the Land God Temple, waiting for something to happen.

A few livestreamers had set up their equipment, their cameras trained on the entrance to Lin Xian Village.

"Let’s start with a giveaway. Who thinks that unlucky, skeptical guy will come back today?"

"He’ll definitely be back. He’s got a one-track mind and would never admit he’s the one who’s wrong."

"The guy’s a legend! But I’m actually a little jealous of him now, because he’s gone viral!"

"How come I never realized you could get so much traffic this way?"

The viewers in the livestream chat had already noticed that the man who came to worship every day, utterly convinced he wasn’t the problem, had become famous online.

Many internet celebrities could only dream of getting this kind of traffic, no matter what tricks they pulled.

Now, this guy had gotten a massive amount of traffic just by being stubborn in Lin Xian Village for a few days.

Of course, the main reason was that Lin Xian Village was a special place that naturally drew attention.

Cao Weinan finished his work for the day, packed up his tools, and walked out of the lab.

"Weinan, you’re going again today?"

His surrounding classmates watched him leave, thinking, ’This guy is seriously stubborn.’

It was a problem that could be solved by just doing a few good deeds, but he was too headstrong to admit defeat.

After observing him for the past three days, they had figured out why Cao Weinan had such bad luck after praying to the Earth God: the guy never helped anyone.

That’s right. Whether in his personal life or at work, he never helped others.

Normally, there would be nothing wrong with that. The world is full of selfish people, and it’s fine as long as they don’t harm others.

But the standards of Lin Xian Village’s Earth God meant that such a person was destined not to receive any blessings.

"I’m going. I don’t think I’m the one who’s wrong. There’s clearly a problem with that Earth God."

"But it’s useless for you to keep doing this. You can’t change anything."

The Earth God wasn’t a real Immortal with thoughts of its own. It clearly operated like a computer program, executing a set of standards.

Because of Cao Weinan’s situation, they had conducted a detailed analysis of the Earth God in Lin Xian Village.

They discovered that this Earth God wasn’t an Immortal from legend, but more like a pre-programmed detection device.

It was completely pointless for Cao Weinan to pick a fight with an inanimate object. He could go a hundred times and the result would be the same.

Cao Weinan completely ignored his classmates’ attempts to persuade him and headed outside.

A few curious classmates followed him toward the Land God Temple.

Outside, Jin Xiangjin, who was chatting with Zhou Yongqiang, frowned as he saw Cao Weinan emerge.

Zhou Yongqiang said, "Professor Jin, your student has some serious personality issues. You should probably have him see a psychologist."

A student with this kind of personality was a lot of trouble. He was completely inflexible. That mentality was great for scientific research, but it was a problem when it came to social etiquette.

Jin Xiangjin said helplessly, "I tried talking to him, but it was useless. I can’t just tell him to go see a psychologist.

After this trip is over, I won’t be bringing him here again."

Back at school, Cao Weinan was relatively normal, just a bit eccentric.

Who would have thought that after coming to Lin Xian Village, he’d start a fight with an inanimate object?

"Professor Zhou, do you think we can figure out the mutation in these fast-growing strawberries and apply it to other plants?"

Zhou Yongqiang thought about their recent research. Unlike the Jade Grapes, which had yielded no results at all...

...the data they had gathered was useful enough to write a paper, but there were no major breakthroughs.

The mutation couldn’t be replicated through scientific methods, which meant it wasn’t universally applicable.

"It’s difficult. The land here in Lin Xian Village is too strange. Some questions just don’t have answers.

However, our current research is still somewhat useful for agricultural development."

Although they couldn’t understand the reason for the fast-growing strawberries’ mutation, they could still do further development on the strawberries themselves.

Just then, Chen Mingming walked in and said, "Professor, the materials for building the hydroponic cultivation area have been purchased."

"Let’s go. We’ll set up the frame today, or we won’t be able to continue our research."

The nutritional demands of the fast-growing strawberries made them unsuitable for planting in the ground.

They had already formulated the required nutrient solution for the fast-growing strawberries. Now they just had to build the cultivation area to start planting.

Over at the Land God Temple, Cao Weinan arrived, ignored the crowd of onlookers, and walked toward the temple.

Lin Feng had just returned from South Mountain. Seeing the scene, he knew exactly what was happening.

’He’s really persistent.’

He couldn’t figure out what the man was trying to accomplish.

When he saw Hu Zhiming and Zhou Jun also squatting nearby, enjoying the spectacle, he was a little speechless. Those two had been watching for three days straight.

"Aren’t you two bored of watching this every day?"

"Brother Lin, you’re back from South Mountain! How are those tea trees doing?"

"Lin Feng, when will the tea leaves be ready?"

"Not for a while. Even after the leaves mature, processing the tea takes time."

Just then, Cao Weinan came out of the Land God Temple, looking overjoyed, like a general who had just won a great victory.

The onlookers at the entrance soon noticed something different about him.

"Holy crap! He actually succeeded! It looks like he didn’t have any bad luck this time!"

"What happened? Does trying a few more times at this Land God Temple grant you an exemption from the punishment?"

A livestreamer walked up and asked, "Bro, can you smell the incense now?"

"Why should I tell you?"

After waiting a little longer, everyone realized that Cao Weinan truly hadn’t suffered any misfortune.

Hu Zhiming asked, "Brother Lin, how did he solve it?"

Lin Feng thought for a moment and understood what had happened.

"It must be that his work over the past three days helped him resolve his issues."

Although the man had a strange personality, it was undeniable that he was very talented in scientific research.

Otherwise, with such an odd temper, his supervisor, Professor Jin, would have found a way to get rid of him long ago.

Zhou Jun asked, "So working for Lin Xian Village can solve this kind of problem?"

"You’re overthinking it. His problem wasn’t very serious to begin with. He probably only needed to do one small good deed to resolve it."

Lin Feng had taken a look at the mental illness research center. According to Professor Quan, the patients selected this time were not severe cases.

Therefore, treating all one thousand patients might only take a month to complete.

Completing the task here wouldn’t be too easy. On the other hand, the Qi Replenishing Soup from the Medicine House had been purchased by many tourists recently.

So far, 68 patients had been treated. It might only take a few more days to complete this task.

It was quite a coincidence. Treating indigestion with Qi Replenishing Soup also counted as curing an illness.

For patients with this issue, the Qi Replenishing Soup was an instant cure.

Back in the office, he ran into Zhao Shiyun. She was wearing a pink outfit and swinging her long legs as she sat in a chair.

When she saw him come in, she quickly stopped her swinging legs.

"Lin Feng, can I bring a kitten over for you to train?"

Lin Feng looked at her, confused. "What makes you think I can train cats?"

"I saw Xiaxia’s calico cat. It’s so well-behaved now."

"That calico was trained by Mo Yu. If you want it trained, you should go find Mo Yu directly."

Speaking of that cat, at first, it was catching small birds all over the village, and later it even tried to catch squirrels.

After Xiaohong discovered it, the cat got a beating, and then Mo Yu started training it.

As Mo Yu got older, it became more and more intelligent, almost like it was evolving into a spirit.

’Too bad spirits aren’t allowed to form after the founding of the nation.’

"Then I’ll wait for Mo Yu to come back and ask it."

Hu Xia heard Lin Feng was back and came running over in a hurry.

"Lin Feng, there’s news about the craftsmen you wanted."

After speaking, she skillfully ran over to Zhao Shiyun, pulled a bag out of her pocket, and started eating the small crackers inside.

"You’re eating my crackers again!"

"Just a few. I’ll go to the Restaurant and get some for you later."

"When are the people coming?"

The Wharf would be finished tomorrow. When these craftsmen arrived, he could put the reward to good use.

"Wu Jiaxing said they can come tomorrow, but they have a condition."

"What condition?"

"They’re willing to work in Lin Xian Village, but we must find them some apprentices."

Hu Xia hadn’t expected that some of these crafts were on the verge of being lost, mainly because no one was willing to learn them.

Fortunately, in the age of the internet, with the rise of livestreaming, these artisans had finally found a way to make money.

But even so, nobody was willing to learn from them, mostly because it was too difficult.

"That’s no problem at all. I was more worried they wouldn’t be willing to teach."

With the wages offered in Lin Xian Village, finding a group of apprentices wouldn’t be difficult.

"By the way, the Starlight Entertainment Company behind that Yao Enlong wants to partner with our company."

"Partner? What kind of partnership?"

"They want to collaborate with us on custom clothing, training at the Barracks, and performances in Lin Xian Village.

They hope to order a batch of custom clothes from us each year, send their artists to train at the Barracks, and have their company’s performers come perform in Lin Xian Village.

I heard that the celebrities who have worshiped the Earth God in our Lin Xian Village have all received quite a few benefits."

Lin Feng didn’t believe they would choose to partner with Lin Xian Village just for the benefits of worshiping the Earth God.

"Forget it. Lin Xian Village doesn’t have business in that area. Let’s not create more work for ourselves."

Hu Xia glanced at Lin Feng in surprise. "Actually, I’d still like to partner with them. Mainly because they have a lot of resources when it comes to performances.

Especially their celebrity connections, which would be a great help to Lin Xian Village."

Zhao Shiyun looked at Hu Xia, a little puzzled as to why she would say such things.

"Out with it. What do you really want?"

Lin Feng didn’t believe she would voluntarily take on so much extra work.

Hu Xia said in a low voice, "They said they could help us invite some singers to come and perform."

"Don’t look at me like that. I’m not trying to chase celebrities. Having singers perform in Lin Xian Village would bring us a lot of traffic."

Lin Feng said with a smile, "Even Shiyun doesn’t believe that. Forget it, if you really want to partner with them, I’ll leave the work to you.

However, the candidates must be screened by the Earth God before they can perform in Lin Xian Village."

As long as the people themselves weren’t problematic, this kind of partnership wouldn’t have a negative impact on Lin Xian Village. He didn’t care if they wanted to piggyback on the village’s popularity.

"Shiyun, if there’s a celebrity you want to see, just tell me. I’ll help you invite them over."

"Wouldn’t that be inappropriate?" Zhao Shiyun glanced at Lin Feng.

"The boss already approved of using our position for personal gain. Besides, this is also good for Lin Xian Village."

Lin Feng left directly, not wanting to disturb their discussion.

Unexpectedly, that evening, a few of them started discussing it in their group chat, and even Zhou Jun joined in.

However, having seen plenty of celebrities in the Imperial Capital, he wasn’t particularly interested in them.

He just offered suggestions to prevent any problematic celebrities from slipping in.

The next afternoon, Lin Feng heard some unexpected news: Cao Weinan was having bad luck again.

Moreover, the guy had also started livestreaming, clearly beginning to cash in on his traffic.

Hu Zhiming said, "No one who can get into a prestigious university’s graduate program is a fool.

This guy clearly calculated everything. He used the streamers, the tourists, and Lin Xian Village to hype up his traffic first.

Now that he’s unlucky again today, he started a livestream to analyze the reasons, attracting the attention of many netizens."

Lin Feng glanced at Hu Zhiming. ’These guys really think he’s an idiot. How could someone like that be an idiot?’

He didn’t have time to pay attention to such boring matters. Grabbing the things he had prepared, he walked toward the Wharf.

The Wharf was built. He could now upgrade it and complete the mission.